| 100% | TITANIC | 7 | Some of its survivors were picked up by the RMS Carpathia |
| 44% | HITCHINGARIDE | 13 | Getting picked up by the side of the road ... or what 20-, 30- and 39-Across are literally doing? |
| 41% | FUR | 3 | It may be picked up by a lint roller |
| 41% | SCENT | 5 | It may be picked up in the woods |
| 40% | THETAB | 6 | It might be picked up by a generous friend at a restaurant |
| 40% | COLOR | 5 | Some of this may be picked up at a beach |
| 39% | LIE | 3 | It will be picked up by a polygraph |
| 39% | SAND | 4 | It might be picked up from a trip to the beach |
| 38% | NIT | 3 | It may be picked by the picky |
| 36% | HANDLE | 6 | The part of something by which it is held |
| 36% | NINENINE | 8 | Fox's "Brooklyn ___," the show picked up by NBC after its cancellation was announced: Hyph. |
| 36% | AMERICANDAD | 11 | Fox's adult animated sitcom which was picked up by TBS after it was canceled post its eleventh season: 2 wds. |
| 35% | DUMA | 4 | Most of its seats are held by the Yedinaya Rossiya party |
| 35% | AMEN | 4 | It is said at the end of prayer by all churchgoers |
| 35% | LIBERTYBELL | 11 | It was originally cast by the London firm of Lester and Pack |
| 35% | AGE | 3 | It may be represented by the number of candles on a cake |
| 34% | VIBES | 5 | Things picked up by the perceptive |
| 34% | NOBODYSFEEL | 11 | Vibes not being picked up by anyone? |
| 34% | TABS | 4 | They may be picked up by hosts |
| 34% | SCENTS | 6 | They may be picked up by dogs |
| 34% | NAPE | 4 | What a kitten is picked up by |
| 34% | TAXI | 4 | Its business is picking up |
| 34% | CAB | 3 | Its business is picking up |
| 34% | CAB | 3 | Its work is picking up |
| 34% | TAXI | 4 | Its work is picking up |
| 34% | TAXI | 4 | Its business is picking up? |
| 34% | UBER | 4 | Its business is picking up |
| 34% | MAIL | 4 | Some of it is junk |
| 34% | EMAIL | 5 | Some of it is spam |
| 34% | MOON | 4 | Its cycle is indicated by the starts of 20-, 32-, 40- and 55-Across |